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How safe are radiological examinations of chest and extremities in pregnancy?

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How safe are radiological examinations of chest and extremities in pregnancy?

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Medically indicated diagnostic studies remote from the fetus (e.g. radiographs of the chest or extremities) can be safely done at any time during pregnancy if the equipment is in proper working order. Commonly, the risk of not making the diagnosis is greater than the radiation risk involved. If an examination is typically at the high end of the diagnostic dose range and the fetus is in or near the radiation beam or source, care should be taken to minimize the dose to the fetus while still making the diagnosis. Tailoring the examination and examining each radiograph as it is taken until the diagnosis is achieved and then terminating the procedure can do this. Effects on radiation exposure in utero It is unlikely that radiation from diagnostic radiological examinations will result in any deleterious effects on the child, but the possibility of a radiation-induced effect cannot be entirely ruled out. The effects of exposure to radiation on the conceptus depend on the time of exposure with

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